42-97474
Object Number - UPL 50971 - 42-97474 Homing Pigeon
Delivered Denver 26/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 15/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Francis Fridgen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Brennan, Radio Operator: Bill Reilly, Ball turret gunner: Garrett Bartle (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dave Waller, Navigator: Paul Ehrmann, Bombardier: Phil Palmer, Waist gunner: Oliver Gaby (4 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Walt Abernathy,Tail gunner: Lowell Slayton (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Ostendorf church, Opherdicke/Westfalia, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2934. HOMING PIGEON.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739047
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17110372
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808618
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database